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OverviewA debut literary memoir reckoning with the costs of starting a new life in a different city amidst a family history of poverty, crime, and addiction.Nicole Treska was born to a family of gangsters. Her paternal grandfather, Papa Treska, once owned Christie's, a Boston diner known in Somerville as the hangout of reputed crime boss, Whitey Bulger, and the Winter Hill Gang. Her father, Phil, using his strolls through the neighborhood as a decoy, sold drugs for Whitey's operation, out of the stroller he pushed Nicole around in. After the death of her paternal aunt, Nicole--now a writer, adjunct professor at City College, and waitress who rents out the second bedroom of her Harlem apartment to European tourists to make ends meet--returns to the town that afforded her family its street cred but has taken away everything else. It's in Boston that she reunites with her father and is reminded of why she left in the first place, but also why she returned. It's this ethos that grounds the book as we watch Nicole admirably hustle to afford not just the life she wants for herself, but one that includes her surviving family members. If the American Dream means transcending one's circumstances at the expense of alienating one's sense of belonging, identity, and family, then Wonderland: A Tale of Hustling Hard and Breaking Even is the reality that resonates with those who believe success isn't achieved individually but realized communally. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicole Treska , Nicole TreskaPublisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Imprint: Simon & Schuster Audio Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 14.40cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9781797175959ISBN 10: 1797175955 Publication Date: 09 July 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationNicole Treska is the author of the debut memoir, Wonderland. Her short fiction has appeared in New York Tyrant Magazine, Epiphany Magazine, and Egress: New Openings in Literary Arts. Her interviews and reviews are up at Electric Literature, Guernica, The Millions, BOMB, The Rumpus, and then some. She lives in Harlem with her husband, James, and their three-legged dog, Nadine. Nicole Treska is the author of the debut memoir, Wonderland. Her short fiction has appeared in New York Tyrant Magazine, Epiphany Magazine, and Egress: New Openings in Literary Arts. Her interviews and reviews are up at Electric Literature, Guernica, The Millions, BOMB, The Rumpus, and then some. She lives in Harlem with her husband, James, and their three-legged dog, Nadine. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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